negen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneː.ɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ne‧gen
  • Rhymes: -eːɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nēgen, from Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, reflecting earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

Numeral

Dutch numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: negen
    Ordinal: negende

negen (invariable)

  1. nine

Noun

negen c (plural negens, diminutive negentje n)

  1. A nine, an instance or representation of the digit nine
    Die negens lijken wel achten
    Those nines look like eights
  2. A nine, an instance or use (e.g. score or amount) of the number nine
    Een negen volstaat om deze robber te winnen
    A nine suffices to win this hand
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: nege
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: negn
  • Jersey Dutch: nêxe
  • Negerhollands: negen, neegen, negon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: negen
  • Aukan: neigin
  • Sranan Tongo: neigi
    • Saramaccan: neígi, neni

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

negen

  1. inflection of negenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

negen

  1. inflection of nijgen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German negen, from Old Saxon nigun. Cognate to German deneun, English nine.

Numeral

negen

  1. nine (9)

German Low German

German Low German cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : negen
    Ordinal : negent

Alternative forms

  • nägen
  • nëgen, nëge (Low Prussian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German negen, from Old Saxon nigun. Cognate to German neun, English nine.

Numeral

negen

  1. nine (9)

Coordinate terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch nigun, from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, reflecting earlier *newunt, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥, with -t added through influence of "ten".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːɣən/

Numeral

nēgen

  1. nine

Descendants

  • Dutch: negen
    • Afrikaans: nege
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: negn
    • Jersey Dutch: nêxe
    • Negerhollands: negen, neegen, negon
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: negen
    • Aukan: neigin
    • Sranan Tongo: neigi
      • Saramaccan: neígi, neni
  • Limburgish: nege
  • Zealandic: negen

Further reading

  • neghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “negen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nēgen.

Numeral

negen

  1. nine
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